NASA HAS big plans for the Moon. By the end of the decade, it wants to send humans back to the lunar surface. Before then, though, it intends to send probes to look for ice at its south pole. This ...

NASA needs to increase investment in aging infrastructure as well as its workforce and technology development, a National Academies report concluded. Credit: NASA/Ben Smegelsky WASHINGTON — A ...

Marking the latest foray into space exploration, NASA is preparing to launch its first mission to explore Jupiter's moon, Europa, to determine if it harbors conditions suitable to support life.

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has issued a warning for a monstrous asteroid that is expected to rocket past Earth on Tuesday evening. Dubbed 2024 ON, the celestial space rock measures 950 ...

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NASA's most distant spacecraft had a critical thruster problem far from home. Fixing it required a long-distance call to overcome extreme cold and dwindling power. When you purchase through links ...

In a $19.5 million NASA-funded mission, researchers at George Mason University are heading a project to construct and eventually launch a small satellite into space. Once in orbit, the ...

This week, NASA is sending up a rescue mission to the International Space Station. On Thursday (Sept. 26), NASA astronaut Nick Hague and cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov of Russia's space agency ...

Your donation makes it possible for us to keep doing this important work, keeping you informed every step of the way to the November election Nasa has issued an alert for a stadium-sized asteroid ...

People at NASA headquarters take deep breaths when the words “First Story” appear in their email. Late this spring, Curt Niebur, the lead scientist for flight programs, received such a message.

Nasa has issued an alert for a stadium-sized asteroid set to make a close approach to Earth on Tuesday. The 2024 ON asteroid measures 290 metres (950 feet) across and will come within 1 million km ...

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